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Reading Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Reading, United Kingdom
You know you are back in England when...
This is a top pick! ... you are back in Madrid because the sun hits you right in the face. ...you return home to Madrid with no photos (well to be fair, I spent most of my time in Reading where I have lived for close to five years). ...you still have a jolly good ...
Dum Dum Da Dum
This is a top pick! ... in London. I trained it down to London, and Kate and me got a lift with Luke the night before the wedding to somewhere near Reading. We spent two nights there, and although it was very expensive, we had a wonderful time. Colin and Emsey two of our best ...
Reading - Departure Day
This is a top pick! Well, we are just about ready to leave, although our rucksacks aren't totally packed yet and we are still doing some last minute washing! We've begun bickering already as we can't agree on what to write here (bodes well, eh?). We are much more ...
Thames Walk, Day 7
This is a top pick! ... always do have one more, and it's that one more that kills you when you wake up in the morning !!! Day 7 Start - Finish Cholsey - Reading Distance - 26.1 Kilometres To be honest with you all, I was feeling like shit and we had 26 K's to walk. Trust me, ...
A short summer in the UK
This is a top pick! Reading, UK - So what have I been up to between trips? I finished my All American Adventure early July and spent a good few days sleeping at my brother Daves house, while catching up on some TV, namely the Apprentice. Visiting the Isle of Wight ...
Reading, then Wedding
This is a top pick! ... a full night of sleep, with Andrea waking up at 3.30 am (feeling hungry!). We got up fairly early and drove over to Reading for some final attempts at Christmas shopping and to spend the evening with my ex-house-mate and good mate, Grant (a.k.a ...
Home at last.
This is a top pick! So that's it. I returned a couple of hours ago to a rapturous welcome home. Thanks for reading ...
Wrongful imprisonment... At Reading station
... and said I have no cash so they'll post me the bill, that way I can challenge it by proving I have a railcard. Then at Reading station where I was to catch my connecting coach, the doors wouldn't open and by the time I ran to the other carriage the train ...
TIME TO RELAX
... time because a lot of people were out and about due to the lovely warm weather we brought with us. We have done little else in Reading but have caught up with all of Ann’s children whom we met last year on their visit to Perth. We have been ...
Raring to go again....
Good evening friends & family :-) Well here we are on the brink of the Murgsontour return to Oz!! The bags are packed, the flight is confirmed, even though some BA pilot was chancing his luck today...LOL & all we have to do now is get up on ...
A trip down memory lane...
... Reading when he was 7 yrs. old. Finally we found our hotel after tea. We spent the next day touring about Caversham (in Reading) and seeing the house Chris lived in as well as the parks he played in, the school he attended and the corner store were ...
Event 28. Thames Path Ultra 50 mile.
Saturday 17th of January 2009 Started at 08:10. Was due to start at 08:00 but the heavy rain delayed the briefing, not that I could hear what they were saying ...
England
... scones and crumpets after the light and fluffy French pastries we had for so long. Today we are stopped just for a minute in a library in Reading, then we'll head on toward London. We'll be staying in london for a week or so, probably just do the ...
Family & Friends in Reading
... out, we only had time for one game then home.. Monday: It's Shaz's Birthday whoop whoop!! Early evening Samuel and I went into Reading to celebrate Shaz & Guy's Birthday --> We all meet up at the local wetherspoons for a few cheap drinks before ...
One last day of drinkable tap water
... nbsp; Not in the overnight sense, anyway. Lissy picked me up this morning (or, at this point, yesterday morning) at Reading station for a brief and lovely day of shopping, National Trust home visiting, eating and, of course, more eating. Late ...
The day before ...
So its the day before we set off on our grand adventure and as I hope ("hope" mind - not "promise"!) to post some updates for people at home to read what we are up to and in order to be able to write up a trip report when we get back, I thought I would ...
Home is where the heart is...
Slight change of plan...I flew back to the UK on my birthday to surprise my family at the birthday meal being held in my honour. After all, what's a birthday party without the birthday boy? Delayed in Auckland for 12 hours so I missed all my ...
Less talk more action..... departure imminent....
... taken at Reading leaving meal, I'll miss you guys and thanks for all the excellent and practical presents! Hope you enjoy reading about my jaunts! Karen. Chances are if you receive this e-mail you've been imported to my subscription list and ...
Weekend thoughts
How strange we are, the human race. Never satisfied. We can go around moaning about the smallest things. This morning I was walking to work and my feet are giving me lots of problems (don't worry, I won't go into detail) and the thought crossed my ...
Foiled Again!
... to find somewhere to roller skate before the day is done, but until then I am writing to you from an Internet cafe in Reading, which is the next large town down from Twyford. I am rather frustrated because my Internet connection at home went out last ...
Cos I'm leaving on a jet plane...
So the day has almost arrived. You poor souls who had to hear me dream about this moment for so many years will now have to put up with me telling you about it instead of just wishing it was happening! Still, you all knew I would find a way to do this ...
Reading
... lunch courtesy of Mr Dick Sore - much obliged Rich. We got to the train station and headed for our next port of call - Reading. We arrived and started making our way to the pub to meet Lanky, after a couple of wrong turns I finally found my bearings ...
Reading Festival!!!
... long weekend (think Big Day Out - with more mud). What a great day! I spent 1 1/2 hours on the train from London to Reading and then about another 1 1/2 outside the gates waiting to get in - but worth it! While I was waiting near the press entry the ...
Catch-up
... of the fantastic scout hospitality we have found. Next stop Reading. The AA advised 2 hours travel, our friend in Reading (Jane) suggested 3 hours, it took ...... 6 HOURS!!! All the jokes about the M25 being the largest car-park ...